Chandragupta insisted on going. Chanakya argued violently against it. “He is luring you into a cage.”
“Not just poison, Queen,” Sinharan said softly. “ Nagaraja venom. One drop stops the heart in three breaths. The wine was meant for you, not your husband. You see, I have studied Chandragupta. He is a lion—hard to kill. But a lion without his lioness? He becomes reckless, angry, blind. Your death would have broken him more surely than any sword.” chandragupta maurya tv show
Chanakya stepped forward. “A Nanda asking for land is a viper asking for warmth. Execute him now.” Chandragupta insisted on going
But Durdhara, the queen, rose from her seat. Her hand touched Chandragupta’s arm. “Is that the empire you want, my love? Built on the slaughter of every defeated enemy? He came under a flag of peace. If we kill him, we become Dhana Nanda.” “ Nagaraja venom
“Poison,” she whispered.
“He is learning,” Chanakya whispered to the night. “He is becoming an emperor.”